Black cat survives 120 mile journey on underside of train

A lucky black cat has survived a 190km (120 mile) journey clinging on to the underside of a train.

The stowaway feline ‘boarded’ a carriage in Southampton and held on for two hours until it arrived in Cardiff where it was discovered. RSPCA officials have christened the cat Thomas.

Cats travel the funniest ways (Picture: Alamy)

RSPCA officer Simon Evans said: ‘This cat has used up almost all of his nine lives – it’s quite unbelievable what he has gone through.

‘Despite being a little shaken, the cat is lovely and friendly. He’s in good health and so we are wondering if there is an owner out there looking for him’.

Black cats have a history of being lucky, with fellow black moggy Giggs surviving a 30 minute journey in a car engine.

The fearless feline ventured into the engine for warmth, remaining there until colleagues of owner Cerian Griffith heard meowing noises coming from her car when she arrived at her workplace in Wales.Cerian, a classroom assistant at Ysgol David Hughes secondary school in Menai Bridge, said 13-year-old Giggs was fine following his ordeal – apart from a few missing claws.